Submit your name – It’ll go on a microchip to Mars to be read by future colonists or aliens or rather super intelligent microbes versed in binary, undetectable by earthling methods of discovery, or parallel universe travelers that accidentally slip into ours landing on Mars or Dr. Manhattan or some curious future JPLonaut doing a history project or… ok ok.

Thoughts, by Arthur Jensen: “…consequences of sticking your neck out when you think you should, are not too bad. It is an exercise in conscience and self-respect, in which neither suffers, given the faith that the scientific pursuit of the currently most tabooed question will prove worthwhile to humanity.”

Today was the Internet Anniversary celebration at its birthplace, UCLA. This celebratory event was co-organized by Brad Fidler. Read his press release here. There were several great ones, (see them), but here is DARPA director, Dr. Regina E. Dugan’s talk.

She speaks of: women of science are going to save the day & changing the image of science (‘we’re smokin’ hot. so that is progress, real progress‘); challenges; iconic discovery; going viral; networking; these being serious times that require the best of all of us. And best, in my opinion, we need the wonder. A History of Science perspective: this.is.gold. The call-to-serve article she cites is attached.